WAKE, LADY, WAKE,
Reading edition
A SERENADE.
MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO
BY B. W. HELFENSTEIN, M. D.
Presented to “Graham’s Magazine,” and respectfully dedicated to the readers thereof, by the Author.
Wake, lady, wake, thy lover true
On wings of love has flown to you;
How sad each night, how dull each day,
Since
he has been from you away;
Wake, lady, in thy beauty bright,
Outshine the silv’ry moon to-night.
Second Verse.
How drear the months that I have passed
Since in these arms I held thee last,
Since those dear balmy lips I pressed,
And strained thee to my throbbing breast;
Come with thy eyes of melting blue,
More bright than radiant orbs of dew.
Third Verse.
Come, lady, come, this is the hour
That Love has placed within our power;
Renew our vows, complete my bliss,
And seal the contract with a kiss;
And then beneath our roseate bower,
Thou’lt shine my fairest sweetest flower.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook.
page 255, and speak him ==> and speak to him
page 257, that courge would fail ==> that courage would fail
page 260, and sung to him, ==> and sang to him,
page 267, not the slighest scruple ==> not the slightest scruple
page 268, femine refinement were ==> feminine refinement were
page 270, give me the sweatmeats ==> give me the sweetmeats
page 273, was actully a delightful ==> was actually a delightful
page 273, or exibit at home the ==> or exhibit at home the
page 274, hues, to soon have ==> hues, too soon have
page 276, reigning in his steed, ==> reining in his steed,
page 277, his path their suddenly ==> his path there suddenly
page 278, reigning in his horses ==> reining in his horses
page 278, thee, Effie,” immediately ==> thee, Effie,” then immediately
page 279, pour passer le tems, ==> pour passer le temps,
page 283, a terestrial paradise to ==> a terrestrial paradise to
page 283, simple, unforseen accidents, ==> simple, unforeseen accidents,
page 284, sold his warbrobe to ==> sold his wardrobe to
page 289, heaven rung with the ==> heaven rang with the
page 305, and Antartic Circles. The ==> and Antarctic Circles. The
page 309, depòt, I saw on the ==> dépôt, I saw on the
page 312, Miss Sewall has performed ==> Miss Sewell has performed
page 312, visiting Westminster Abby, ==> visiting Westminster Abbey,